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In a groundbreaking development for Bitcoin’s data indexing landscape, Trac Core has announced the launch of “Trac Core for TAP Protocol,” according to a Jan. 26 press release. Trac Core’s journey began in May 2023, focusing on developing decentralized data indexing technologies based on Ordinal-based metaprotocols. The TAP Protocol launch…

In a detailed speech delivered in Naples on Jan. 26, CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam said regulators need to ramp up their efforts to supervise the budding cryptocurrency industry following the approval of Bitcoin ETFs, which does not imply the sector is regulated. Benham expressed significant concerns regarding the current state…

PayPal announced on Jan. 25 that it will launch a variety of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered products aimed at end users and merchants. In an interview with Reuters, PayPal President and CEO Alex Chriss said: “The data that we have and our ability to actually see what people have bought and…

A top Bitwise executive acknowledged on Jan. 26 that his firm’s spot Bitcoin ETF has received hundreds of dollars of unsolicited Bitcoin. Co-founder & CTO Hong Kim wrote that the Bitwise Bitcoin ETF (BITB) received 998,085 satoshis worth $419 across 35 UTXOs over two days. He suggested that this will…

BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) has set a new benchmark in the cryptocurrency investment space by amassing over $2 billion in assets under management (AUM) just ten days after its trading debut, according to Bloomberg Terminal data. BlackRock now holds almost 50,000 BTC through its ETF. The rapid accumulation reflects…

The price of Bitcoin surpassed $42,000 on Jan. 26 amidst significant spot Bitcoin ETF flows and an upgrade to Coinbase’s stock rating. Bitcoin (BTC) was valued at $42,040.36 with a market cap of $824.4 billion at 8:05 pm UTC on Friday. That marks 5.3% growth over 24 hours. Bitcoin’s current…

In a landmark judgment, Mark Scott, formerly a high-ranking lawyer at Locke Lord LLP, received a 10-year prison sentence on Jan. 25 for laundering $400 million derived from the infamous OneCoin Ponzi scheme. The sentencing at the Southern District of New York followed Scott’s 2019 conviction on multiple counts of…

Quick Take The Bitcoin hash rate experienced a significant drop in the middle of January, triggered by the Texas freeze, which saw it plunge 6% from its record peak. However, this plunge was short-lived, as evidenced by Jan. 25, which witnessed the most significant single-day hash rate ever recorded, at…

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